Translating Frailty Research Into Clinical Practice: Insights From the Successful Aging and Frailty Evaluation Clinic

Aging researchers have been studying frailty for decades. Experts agree that frailty is a medical syndrome marked by reduced physiologic function, which increases the risk of vulnerability and short-term mortality, particularly in the face of a stressor. Frailty has been shown to predict poor outcomes including falls, disability, major morbidity following surgery, and mortality among older adults. Despite hundreds of papers identifying frailty as a useful marker of risk, its translation into clinical practice has lagged.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 5, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, Michelle Martinchek, Yolanda Becker, Mark K. Ferguson, Katherine Thompson Tags: Special Article Source Type: research